October 21, 2024: A few weeks ago, Hyatt and Peloton announced a new partnership where you can earn World of Hyatt points while working out with Peloton equipment during your stays. This is a partnership that I’m excited about, but not necessarily for the points. Here are the details.
About the partnership: Points for workouts and free in-room Peloton content
Through Hyatt and Peloton’s partnership, you’ll get access to Peloton content like Pilates and yoga classes in your room at points for working out during your stay. Here are the high-level highlights:
- Peloton equipment in hotels: Peloton Bike, Bike+, or Row in more than 700 Hyatt hotels.
- Earn points on qualifying rides: 100 points per qualifying ride, up to 1,000 points per month.
- In-room content: Access to Peloton classes through the in-room entertainment system at 400 Hyatt hotels.
- Discounts: Small discounts ($25-$100 off) on Peloton equipment for World of Hyatt members.
Earning points: How to earn Hyatt points while working out with Peloton
Most readers of this blog will be interested in the part of the partnership that allows you to earn more points. When you stay at Hyatt hotels and work our with one of the in-hotel Peloton bikes or rowers, you can earn 100 bonus points per workouts. Here are the conditions:
- Workout must be 20 minutes or longer and be completed in its entirety.
- Your workout must be done at a participating Hyatt property, on the Peloton equipment in the hotel gym, and be during your qualifying stay.
- Limit of 1,000 bonus points per month.
Getting started: Linking your accounts is simple in theory
In theory, linking my accounts was simple. I just needed to go to Peloton’s landing page to connect my accounts, sign into my Peloton account and then sign into my Hyatt account. The process took about 20 seconds, and my accounts should be linked but I didn’t get any sort of confirmation that linking my accounts worked.
Further, I can’t find any place in the Peloton or Hyatt apps or websites to see where my accounts are linked and I didn’t receive any sort of email confirmation. I guess I’ll see if it worked out when I stay at a Hyatt property later this week.
What I’m really excited about: Working Peloton equipment
More ways to earn points is always a good thing. And earning up to 1,000 points per month for something I am doing anyway is really nice. Practically, I’ll be linking my Peloton and Hyatt accounts and forgetting about the promotion and just seeing the accounts post to my account when I work out.
But the thing that I am most excited about is that this means a better chance for working Peloton equipment at Hyatt hotels. Peloton equipment is what I’d call “consumer grade+”. It is a cut above what most people would put in their home gyms, but it is not meant to be put in a hotel gym and abused by 100s of people. Consequently, my experience with Peloton equipment at hotels has been that it is usually in a state of disrepair.
Broken foot straps is common, as is machines that are simply offline for…reasons. But I’ve seen bikes without seats, missing pedals, and even missing the entire touchscreen unit.
Hopefully the Hyatt/Peloton partnership means that there will be more of an emphasis put on maintaining working equipment at Hyatt hotels.
Bottom line: A fun partnership, a few points, and (maybe) more working Peloton equipment.
Hyatt and Peloton have announced a new partnership that will provide in-room Peloton content and the ability to earn points for working out with Peloton equipment during your Hyatt stay. Hopefully this means more working Peloton equipment in hotel gyms.
